Fabio Golombek
Fabio Golombek is a Brazilian-American film producer and director.
Career
Fabio Golombek[1] is an award winning Brazilian-American producer and director[2] who has overseen development and productions at FJP Productions since 2002.[3] As president of FJ Productions,[4] he coordinates a number of programs such as The Hollywood News Report TV[5] (HBO and syndication), As Últimas de Hollywood and Sonywood News (SONY Entertainment), Hollywood Buzz (TNT) and Hollywood Uncut (Globosat +). He has also been the senior producer of the award winning show Planeta Brasil (TV Globo International) since 2003.
He produced the shows Shape Up (Fox Latin), Shop the World (SCG), Zen Zone (Sportv) and Hollywood News in 3D (Sky and Orange). After 2010, he produced Bed and Breakfast (Marcio Garcia dir.) which is distributed by PlayArt and Green Apple starring Dean Cain and Juliana Paes, Man Camp (Brian Brightly dir.) distributed by H2O and VMI with Mariel Hemingway, Dean Cain and Fernanda Machado. He also co-produced Open Road (Marcio Garcia dir.) distributed by Universal Pictures with Camilla Belle, Andy Garcia and Juliette Lewis.
His later works as a producer include: Like Sunday, Like Rain (written and directed by Frank Whaley) with Leighton Meester,[6] Debra Messing and Billie Joe Armstrong which is distributed by Monterey[7] and VMI), Experimenter (Michael Almereyda dir.) that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (2015)[8] with Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder[9] distributed by Magnolia[10] and Bleiberg and Breaking Through (written and directed by John Swetnam)[11] and distributed by Voltage and Xlrator.[12] Through FJ Productions, Fabio continues to work in the development of feature films and documentaries including El Camino (written by Ted Melfi), Exile (written by Rachel Caine and directed by Tom Provost), Hotel Everest and Designated Citizen.
Early life and education
Fabio has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from FAAP, a Masters Degree in Radio and TV from San Diego State University and a B.A. in Social Communications (Cinema Studies) from the School of Arts and Communications at the University of Sao Paulo, in Brazil. In 1983, after graduating from college, he worked as assistant director on soap operas at Bandeirantes TV and later as a director at JPO Productions being responsible for a number of programs produced for local networks. Upon moving to Los Angeles in 1990, he worked on a number of feature films such as Star Time, Killer Tomatoes Eat France, People Under the Stairs. In 1995 he co-founded Pacific Factory Entertainment and start to work with sports channels in the US (ESPN and ABC) and Brazil (SBT and Record TV), producing the IndyCar series, World Cup of Soccer and the Olympic Games, aside from several magazine format shows such as Shape Up (Fox Sports), Zona Zen (Sportv), Road to the Olympics (Directv) and others. In 2002 he founded FJ Productions to focus on entertainment shows and scripted programming.
Fabio is a member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA), IDA and NALIP.
Filmography
Date | Title | Position | Status | Director | Stars | Distribution |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
?? | El Camino | Producer | Development | TBA | ||
?? | Exile | Producer | Development | TBA | ||
2015 | Captain Atlantis | Producer | Development | TBA | ||
2015 | Hotel Everest | Executive Producer | Production | Claudia Sobral | ||
2015 | Experimenter | Producer | Released | Michael Almereyda | Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder | Magnolia Pictures, Bleiberg |
2015 | Breaking Through | Producer | Completed | John Swetnam | Julie Warner, Sophia Aguiar, Jordan Rodrigues | Xlrator, Voltage |
2014 | Like Sunday, Like Rain | Producer | Released | Frank Whaley | Leighton Meester, Debra Messing, Billie Joe Armstrong | Monterey Media, VMI |
2013 | Man Camp | Producer | Released | Brian Brightly | Dean Cain, Mariel Hemingway, Fernanda Machado | Green Apple, VMI, H2O |
2013 | Open Road | Associate Producer | Released | Marcio Garcia | Andy Garcia, Camilla Belle, Juliette Lewis | Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
2010 | Bed & Breakfast | Producer | Released | Marcio Garcia | Dean Cain, Juliana Paes | |
2010 | I Want Candy (short) | Associate Producer | Released | Theodore Melfi | Julia Almeida, Kimberly Quinn, Eamonn Roche | |
1995 | High Tomb | First Assistant Director | Released | Scott Gulbrandsen | Jeff Burr, Dena Rae Hayess | |
1992 | A Weekend with Barbara and Ingrid | First Assistant Director | Released | Gregory Neri | Jim Metzler, Anna Katarina, Michelle Holmes | |
1992 | Killer Tomatoes Eat France! | Second Second Assistant Director | Released | John De Bello | Marc Price, Angela Visser, Steve Lundquist | New World Pictures |
1992 | Star Time | Second Second Assistant Director | Alexander Cassini | Michael St. Gerard, John P. Ryan, Maureen Teefy | Northern Arts Entertainment | |
1992 | Sua Excelência, O Candidato | First Assistant Director | Ricardo Pinto e Silva | Ivete Bonfá, Renato Borghi, Renato Consorte | ||
1991 | The People Under the Stairs | Set Productions Assistant | Released | Wes Craven | Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie | MCA / Universal Home Video |
TV
Date | Title | Channel |
---|---|---|
2015- | Sonywood News | SONY |
2015- | SPACE Reporte | SPACE |
2012- | TNT Buzz | TNT |
2012-2013 | Hollywood News 3D | Sky Italy / Orange |
2011 | Hollywood Uncut | Globosat |
2009- | The Hollywood News Report[13] | HBO and Syndication |
2006-2009 | Starz The Hollywood Reporter | Starz |
2003- | Planeta Brasil | Globo International |
2003-2007 | Shop the World |
References
- ↑ "Fabio Golombek (I) - www.imdb.me/fabiogolombek". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ Guerra, Flavia. "Produtores brasileiros atuam no país e no exterior | EXAME.com". Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ ".. :: FJ Productions :: ..". www.fjproductions.com. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ "FJ Productions [us]". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ The Hollywood News Report, 2009-11-01, retrieved 2015-08-07
- ↑ Goldstein, Gary (19 March 2015). "Review 'Like Sunday, Like Rain' is tender, hitting the right notes". LATimes.
- ↑ "Like Sunday, Like Rain". www.montereymedia.com. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ McNary, Dave. "Peter Sarsgaard’s ‘Experimenter’ Bought by Magnolia for U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ↑ "Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder Board Indie Drama 'Experimenter' - Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ McNary, Dave. "Peter Sarsgaard's 'Experimenter' Bought by Magnolia for U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)". Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ Yamato, Jen. "John Legend, 'Step Up 5's John Swetnam Prepping Found Footage Dance Pic 'Breaking Through'". Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy. "Cannes Briefs: The Exchange Selling International On 'The Houses October Built'; 'Reagan' Biopic Lands At Manifest; Fortissimo/Wanda Team On 'Great Hypnotist'; FilmsDistribution Finds A 'Magical Girl'; More". Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ ""The Hollywood News Report" - Weekly TV Series". www.telcoproductions.com. Retrieved 2015-08-07.